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TIL FEMA has a Waffle House Index to measure storm damage

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yldX TIL While shooting the blues brothers movie, They had a budget for cocaine.
P17ZZ TIL that an Australian man who lived by a cliff prevented at least 180 suicides in his 45 years of living there, by striking up a conversation with people contemplating suicide and inviting them to his house for tea.
M7gVW TIL that Christian Science runs the CSM. This may seem like a "well duh" revelation but Christian Science believes that all diseases are in the head (basically the medical version of flat eartherism) while the CSM is actually quite a reputable source and even won a few Pulitzer Prizes
ZveR TIL The Author of Rich Dad, Poor Dad filed for bankruptcy.
A64B TIL after the citizenship of the Virginia Tech shooter became known, South Korea’s ambassador to the U.S. called on Korean Americans to participate in a 32 day fast, one for each victim, as repentance.